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First National Shout-Out For “Strong Inside”

March 5, 2014

In celebration of Black History Month, Athlon Sports asked me to write a brief story about Perry Wallace for their website. This was the first extensive publicity for the book outside of a couple of brief announcements, and it was fun to see the traction the article gained on social media – quite a few shares and re-posts on Facebook and Twitter, and several emails arrived from around the country from people interested in learning more about the book. Check out the article here:

http://athlonsports.com/college-basketball/perry-wallace-first-african-american-basketball-player-sec

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  • “In a magnificently reported, nuanced
    but raw account of basketball and racism in the South during the 1960s, Andrew Maraniss tells the story of Perry Wallace’s struggle, loneliness, perseverance and eventual self-realization. A rare story about physical and intellectual courage that is both shocking and triumphant. ”

    Bob Woodward, Washington Post associate editor and author

Watch Andrew Maraniss talk about his inspiration to write Strong Inside, featuring archival footage of Perry Wallace in action.
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